Eastman Opera Theatre presents - Lear On The 2nd Floor

Eastman Opera Theatre presents “Lear on the 2nd Floor” by Pulitzer Prize-Winner Anthony Davis: A Shakespeare-inspired opera about one woman’s struggle with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

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Kicking off our Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) season on November 3-6, is Lear on the 2nd Floor (2013) – an opera inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis and libretto by Allan Havis. Directed by Steven Daigle and conducted by Timothy Long, the opera will take place in Kilbourn…

James Kealey
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Kealey, James

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Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJames Kealey CURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2022 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ performance (NYACOP), James Kealey is a young artist of great distinction who has appeared in recital in England, the U.S.A., and in Europe. Previous…

Benjamin Kjell
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Kjell, Benjamin

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Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicBenjamin KjellCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Benjamin Kjell is a doctoral student in organ performance and literature at Eastman School of Music in the studio of Nathan Laube. He received a bachelor’s degree in church music (2018) and a master’s degree in organ and related keyboard instruments (2021) at the Academy of…

Augustine Sobeng
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Sobeng, Augustine

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Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAugustine Kweku SobengCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Augustine Sobeng is a native of Shama, in the Western Region of Ghana. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology in 2014 from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (K.N.U.S.T) in Kumasi, Ghana. He studied for his Masters in Organ…

Alden Wright
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Wright, Alden

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Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAlden WrightCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Alden Wright is a student at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in organ performance with Nathan Laube.  Alden is a native of Salisbury, North Carolina.  As a performer and national young competitor,…

Aaron Tan
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Tan, Aaron

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Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAaron TanCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Concert organist Aaron Tan is a leading young artist in North America. In October 2021 he was awarded First Prize at the 2021 Canadian International Organ Competition as well as three additional awards for performances of specific works at the competition (the Sir Ernest MacMillan Award…

EWE Guest Conductor Brad Hogarth ’10E Reconnects with the Eastman Community

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This Wednesday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. Brad Hogarth ‘10E returns as a guest conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. For the concert he’ll lead Kenneth Amis’ Driven! and an arrangement of William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony. (See below for more details about this concert.) Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Brad is the…